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||1926: Ali Javan born ... physicist and inventor. He was the first to propose the concept of the gas laser in 1959 at the Bell Telephone Laboratories. Pic.
||1926: Ali Javan born ... physicist and inventor. He was the first to propose the concept of the gas laser in 1959 at the Bell Telephone Laboratories. Pic.
||1944: Henri Lafont (real name Henri Chamberlin) executed by firing squad ... head of the French Gestapo during the German occupation in World War II. Pic.


||1956: Preston Tucker dies ... engineer and businessman, designed the Tucker Sedan. Pic.
||1956: Preston Tucker dies ... engineer and businessman, designed the Tucker Sedan. Pic.
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|File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|2016: Survey data reveals widespread [[Scrimshaw abuse|Scrimshaw binging]] the day after Christmas.
|File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|2016: Survey data reveals widespread [[Scrimshaw abuse|Scrimshaw binging]] the day after Christmas.


||2016: Frances Gabe dies ... artist and inventor ... self-cleaning house.  Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=frances+gabe
||2016: Frances Gabe dies ... artist and inventor ... self-cleaning house.  Pic search.


File:Blue Foliage 2.jpg|link=Blue Foliage 2 (nonfiction)|2017: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Blue Foliage 2 (nonfiction)|Blue Foliage 2]]'' unexpectedly reveals "at least five kilobytes" of encrypted data.
File:Blue Foliage 2.jpg|link=Blue Foliage 2 (nonfiction)|2017: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Blue Foliage 2 (nonfiction)|Blue Foliage 2]]'' unexpectedly reveals "at least five kilobytes" of encrypted data.

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